Or, at least she did until this morning — shortly after a reporter contacted her, she pulled out of the Facebook group “Barack Obama (One Million Strong for Barack).” Slate has details; Caroline Giuliani and her brother Andrew have...
The big news in the online political world today is the now-annual gathering-of-the-lefty-tribe known as YearlyKos, and the Democratic presidential campaigns are on hand greet the potentially faithful. It’s in Chicago this time around, and...
Quick Hits returns! Back from summer vacation, tan, rested and ready to… Cyberactivists Are a Must-See for Candidates. Yearly Kos preview. Note: don’t expect to run into Bill O’Reilly there. Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for...
TechPresident notes and Jeff Jarvis shows a new Bill Richardson TV ad that’s designed to send traffic to his site. As Josh says on techPrez, Bill Richardson has a new TV ad up that smartly points to the limitations of, um, TV ads. It’s...
Beating up on Times political reporter Adam Nagourney is a hobby gleefully enjoyed in many corners of the Interweb, but now that he’s ventured onto OUR turf, it’s time for a quick barrage of jabs, hooks and vicious undercuts, e.politics...
Patrick Ruffini published a fascinating analysis of the Republican presidential campaigns’ online staffing patterns on techPresident earlier today, basing his figures on Shira Toeplitz’s breakdown of the candidates’ online spending...
Cross-posted on techPresident Some interesting conclusions in a preview of a study of presidential candidates and social networking sites to be released by two Bentley College (Mass.) professors in August. For instance, the authors note that the...
Hmmmm, a Google alert just delivered this little tidbit — according to Politico, Fred Thompson has raised only $3 million for his “exploratory” committee so far, not exactly an overwhelming wave of support, online or off. Despite...
The past week’s online uproar at the thought of Republican frontrunners skipping their turn in the sights of YouTube video questioners has been both revealing and (for a Dem) quite a source of mirth. Talk about a PR black eye — hey guys...
The Wall Street Journal had a piece last week (via PoliticalWire) on the growing use of newspaper ads in political races. Besides the usual trend-piece anecdotal evidence, author Kevin Helliker has actual numbers to back up the claim: between 2002...